Nice wee board that, runs a bit hot without a case fan though imo.
Think its discontinued?
Senior Member
Location: Glasgowshire
Posts: 9,663
I'm Gary.
Nice wee board that, runs a bit hot without a case fan though imo.
Think its discontinued?
Captain Tidy
Location: South Wales
Posts: 7,487
I'm the'greatunwashed'.
12 amps for a music server eh?Originally Posted by Mains Cables R Us
"People will hear what you tell them to hear" - Thomas Edison
Senior Member
Location: Glasgowshire
Posts: 9,663
I'm Gary.
yeah...wondered about that.
What Dave said though was a PC not a music server..and he's not wrong.
Graphics cards are the biggest culprits, the big ones need the output from two power connectors and pull a lot of amps.
Last edited by Gazjam; 22-05-2013 at 12:34.
Senior Member
Location: Hartlepool UK
Posts: 1,640
I'm Alan.
Hand warm to hand hot from mine in a small HTPC case no problems with CPU temp and completely fanless.
When I first built mine I put a 150mm dia slow running (silent) fan in it as I didnt belive it wouldn't get hot but it wasent necesary in the end, my hard drive is solid state and I have an LED monitor attached via HDMI as well so very low power requirements.
Its a lovely little mother board
HTPC 4 by 337alant, on Flickr
Alan
Last edited by 337alant; 22-05-2013 at 16:20.
Senior Member
Location: Glasgowshire
Posts: 9,663
I'm Gary.
Sounds a good setup mate.
Crackin wee board, I used mine running XBMC playing 1080p rips.
Better graphics than I expected too.
Captain Tidy
Location: South Wales
Posts: 7,487
I'm the'greatunwashed'.
That's actually not correct, just spoke to Sean at Custom HiFi Cables and its not on the website yet, but there is a DC3 which has been designed with Music Servers in mind. It will handle over 4 amps and he can make supplies to request.
I don't know the price, but if anyone is interested just contact them. I am certainly interested in this and if I try one I will let folks know
Last edited by Tim; 22-05-2013 at 19:34. Reason: Typo
"People will hear what you tell them to hear" - Thomas Edison
Senior Member
Location: Glasgowshire
Posts: 9,663
I'm Gary.
Its good linear supplies are becoming easier to get now, they certainly improve things.
As usual choice is a good thing.
Senior Member
Location: Hartlepool UK
Posts: 1,640
I'm Alan.
Make one
150va 18v 0 18V transformer Torroid or R core
Generic rectifier smoothing board
use qspeed 6a ultra fast soft recovery diode's and 3 x 4700uf 35v [LIST]
smoothing caps with a 47ohm 3w resistor inbetween them or an inductor as this improves ripple rejection.
that should give you an unregulated 25V DC supply.
Linear Technology make some nice quiet regulators and the LT1084 will give you 5A data sheet http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/datasheet/108345fg.pdf there is a simple improved ripple circuit on page 15 which works well and is very similar to a LM317 circuit so if you had a old reg board you could modify it with this reg to get 5A as long as you chose components capable of passing 5A
You could use one of these simple reg boards and adapt it for this circuit http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Positive-N...item68d071aa16
This is a made up 5A reg with a LM338T reg
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-Amps-Vol...item257900340d
This is a young dac supply its only capable of 1.5A but is very nice.
Alan
Last edited by 337alant; 22-05-2013 at 16:11.
Captain Tidy
Location: South Wales
Posts: 7,487
I'm the'greatunwashed'.
Absolutely Alan, get a Paul Hynes reg and you will have what is almost unanimously accepted in the computer audio world as the best PSU for a music server
"People will hear what you tell them to hear" - Thomas Edison
Senior Member
Location: Glasgowshire
Posts: 9,663
I'm Gary.
Tim, that's a bold statement for a one eyed fat man....Absolutely Alan, get a Paul Hynes reg and you will have what is almost unanimously accepted in the computer audio world as the best PSU for a music server
top class regs though!
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
